Archive for the ‘September 2010’ Category

Fall Movies: Resident Evil Afterlife

September 10 Milla Jovovich returns as Alice in the fourth installment of the unexplainably popular series based on the video game. This time out, Alice searches for survivors of the T-virus in Los Angeles, with zombies running rampant everywhere and the Umbrella Corporation on her trail. And did we mention it’s the first “RE” to [...]

September 17, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: September 2010  No Comments

Fall Movies: Devil

September 17 Five people are trapped in an elevator in an office high-rise, with all attempts to rescue them failing and inexplicable events occurring. Soon the five begin to turn on one another amid suspicions that one of them is the Devil himself. First in a proposed trilogy of “urban horror” films produced by M. [...]

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Fall Movies: Let Me In

October 1 A lonely 12-year-old boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) in a small New Mexico town befriends the strange little girl (Chloe Moretz) who moves in next door, unaware that she is a much older vampire. Director Matt Reeves (“Cloverfield”) has dared to make an English-language adaptation of Sweden’s “Let the Right One In,” the brilliant 2008 [...]

September 17, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: September 2010  No Comments

Enter the Void

One of the most anticipated cinematic events of the year, Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void is a visionary thrill ride that’s riveted audiences at the Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and SXSW film festivals. At Cannes, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called it an exceptional work… the work of an artist who’s trying to show us something we haven’t seen before.

August 13, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Drama Movies, September 2010, Suspense and Thrillers  No Comments

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

In this New York City-set comedy-drama, 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist), stressed out from the demands of being a teenager, checks himself into a mental health clinic. There he learns that the youth ward is closed – and finds himself stuck in the adult ward. One of the patients, Bobby (Zach Galifianakis), soon becomes both Craig’s mentor and protĂ©gĂ©.

August 13, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Comedy Films, Drama Movies, September 2010  No Comments

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) and Helena (Gemma Jones), and their daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) and husband Roy (Josh Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Comedy Films, Drama Movies, September 2010  No Comments

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole

Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure Guardians of Ga’Hoole, based on the beloved books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father’s epic stories of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Animation Movies, September 2010  No Comments

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go is a poignant love story, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s bestselling, Booker Prize short listed novel of the same name. As children, Ruth (Keira Knightley), Kathy (Carey Mulligan) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield), spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Science Fiction Movies, September 2010, Suspense and Thrillers  No Comments

Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating is a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples. The film stars John Ortiz (American Gangster), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Broadway’s “Rent”), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), with Hoffman making his feature directorial debut. Bob Glaudini (“A View From 151st Street”) adapted his acclaimed Off Broadway play for the screen.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Drama Movies, September 2010  No Comments

The Town

Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang’s latest job, when they briefly took a hostage–bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall).

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Action and Adventure, Drama Movies, September 2010  No Comments

Easy A

After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl (Emma Stone) sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne’s in The Scarlet Letter, which she is currently studying in school – until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Comedy Films, Romantic Comedies, September 2010  No Comments

Devil

A group of people, including a formerly alcoholic homicide detective (Messina), trapped in an elevator discover that one of them is the devil. Written and produced by M. Night Shyamalan.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Horror Movies, September 2010, Suspense and Thrillers  No Comments

Alpha and Omega

What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate and Humphrey, two wolves who are trying to get home after being taken by park rangers and shipped halfway across the country.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Animation Movies, September 2010  No Comments

Hideaway (Le Refuge)

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day they overdose, and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she’s pregnant. Feeling lost, she runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis’ brother joins her in her refuge.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Drama Movies, September 2010  No Comments

Heartbreaker

Charming, funny and effortlessly cool, Alex (Romain Duris) is a professional Don Juan who makes a living breaking up couples with his sister MĂ©lanie (Julie Ferrier of Micmacs). Because business is slow, they go against their principles to break up only unhappy couples and agree to work for M. Van Der Bercq. Alex has only one week to stop the wealthy man’s daughter Juliette (Vanessa Paradis) from marrying the man she is madly in love with.

August 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Romantic Comedies, September 2010  No Comments